threnody for Thomas "Pinky" Imbriglio drowned at the quarry’s ledge
why is it now that I see you
ripple in still water –– flesh
a muted grey resolution, the value
of raw granite?
with what invitation did still
water call for the fracture of your skull?
your dark eyes set deep in youth
are darker now, more deeply set. the fading
wavelet marks you drowned
in the calm below the still water.